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The value of social, behavioral and economic sciences
The National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate supports a wide range of research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences that investigates questions about people and our world. The...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 37
Spider eyes - jumping wise, kirigami graphene, design for the blind, and coming up for landing! It's 4 Awesome Discoveries you probably didn't hear about! Kirigami inspires new method for wearable sensors...
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The Struggle to 'Fix' Math Education in the US
Whats behind the U.S.s struggle with fixing mathematics education? William Schmidt of Michigan State University, Deborah Loewenberg Ball of the University of Michigan, and Joan Ferrini-Mundy of the National Science Foundation discuss...
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Making Petrified Lightning ...with electricity??
Making Petrified Lightning ...with electricity??
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Smart and connected stormwater systems - Science Nation
Affordable sensors dramatically improve aging stormwater community infrastructures to handle flooding, pollution The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has turned to engineering research to tackle an issue facing many cities -- aging...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Suit Up
Olympic athletes have long worn special competition clothing to gain an edge. Science and technology continue to improve on what they wear. Hear from Olympians Chad Hedrick, Steve Holcomb and Erin Hamlin, and Melissa Hines, the director...
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Changes in Greenland landscape affect carbon balance sheet - Science Nation
Warming temperatures in the Arctic are changing the tundra from a landscape dominated by grasses to one increasingly dominated by woody shrubs. In addition to affecting the habitat of local wildlife such as caribou and musk oxen, these...
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MICROWAVE CANNON! A High Energy Radio Frequence gun. (700 watts)
Hey guys, in this video I show you how I built my microwave gun, also known as a HERF gun. I take a magnetron out of the oven and connect it to a waveguide. The results were more than I expected! FIRST- Microwaves are not "dangerous"....
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How to make an electric match/detonator (squib) [Pingpong balls and Flashpowder/blackpowder]
In this video we make electric matches to safely detonate our experiments. You should aim for a 95-5% ratio of your propellent to nitrocellulose (pingpong balls). A pingpong ball weighs 2g, so use about 50g of powder. We used half that...
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NSF programs spur innovation
National Science Foundation innovation programs move ideas from the lab to the marketplace to strengthen America’s economy, health, and security. NSF's Directorate for Engineering's Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships...
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Engineering highly adaptable robots requires new tools for new rules - Science Nation
NSF-funded research aiming to making it easier for humans to work directly with a robotic partner in applications such as physical therapy Description: Northwestern University mechanical engineering professor Todd Murphey and his team...
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What are antibubbles?
Learn how to make antibubbles and the science behind these fun, unusual spheres. This cool and unusual demonstration is an easy DIY experiment. Antibubbles are a spherical shell of air enclosing a droplet of water, all submerged in...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Olympic Movement and Robotic Design
Professor Raffaello D'Andrea at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, describes how control systems engineering is laying the groundwork for the design of more "athletic" robots. Provided by the National...
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NSF Press Conference on Breakthrough in Multi-messenger Astrophysics
An announcement of recent multi-messenger astrophysics findings led by the National Science Foundation’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Hosted by NSF Director France Córdova, the briefing features leading astrophysicists...
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Engineering innovative seismic retrofits that don’t break the bank - Science Nation
Researchers at the state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using a full-scale model building to test new ways to protect structures from earthquakes and potentially save...
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A polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy! NSF Science Now 13
This week’s episode of NSF Science Now highlights new primate fossil discoveries in Tanzania, the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer, a polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy and,...
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A lifetime of building learning communities
James Duderstadt has always considered himself a change agent. It might sound odd, when you consider that he’s spent nearly 50 years at one institution. Look a bit closer, however, and you quickly see what he means: Duderstadt, a...
The Backyard Scientist
Propane Rifle
The torch is self-igniting, meaning it has an electric sparker built in. When the button is pressed halfway, the torch mixes a perfect combination of propane and air into the tube. When the button is fully pressed the torch sparks...
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Exploding Balloons filled with Propane Gas. Drones, Steel wool, and Underwater explosions! - SMS#4
I thought it would be fun to film propane balloons exploding in slow motion, and I tried popping them a bunch of different ways. I took some user suggestions like flying a drone with a sparkler attached into a balloon, and filling a...
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Liquid Nitrogen Freeze-Ray Vs. Flamethrower
I made a freeze ray! Im basically a bonafide evil genius now. Freeze your cat, girlfriend, or flowers, the possibilities are endless..! wait no, thats about it. Some notes about the gun: There are commercial liquid nitrogen guns used by...
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What video games can teach our schools - Finding Your Science
Linguist James Gee talks about the deep learning principles found in video games. Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making breakthrough discoveries.
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Safety Gear
As athletes push themselves to their limits and sometimes crash or collide, they rely on protective gear to keep them safe. NSF-funded scientists Katharine Flores, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and...
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Engineering a Difference
Do engineers have the power to change lives and make a positive difference in the world? This inspiring, award-winning documentary clearly shows the answer is a resounding “Yes!” "Engineering a Difference" follows three teams of...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 39
Stinging snot bombs, graphene from trash in a flash, coronavirus creature feature, and sweating robots – cool! Researchers create 3D-printed, sweating robot muscle...